Author’s note: This is part three of a three-part column series about my recent Colorado elk hunt. Let me be up front: Even a low-budget elk hunt involves expense. But if you are one of the many deer hunters who have dreamed about an elk hunt in the Western US, it may be within your […]
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Outdoors in Maine: The moose hunt
For many Maine moose hunters lucky enough to get drawn, a moose permit is a once-in-a-lifetime affair. Such was the case with my middle-aged friend Greg Goodman, who has been trying for that permit since he was a young man. Knowing that I had had some experience in the moose woods (and perhaps that I […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Leeman's the name, outdoors writing has been the game
Maine fishing writer Bob Leeman, alias “Mr. Trout,” has decided to put away his pen. Leeman has been writing a fishing column for the Northwoods Sporting Journal for almost two decades. His debut as an outdoor writer was a half century ago, he recalls, when he started writing an outdoor column called Wildlife Corner for […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Avoid the cardinal sin of boat safety
How does that saying go? “Fool me once shame on you; Fool me twice, shame on me?” Why is it that some of us never learn from our mistakes? In my book, “Backtrack,” chapter four is titled “The Lightning Thing.” Here is an excerpt: A few years ago, in early September, I tried to outrun […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Outlook is good for fall game bird hunting
Truth be known, the bloom is off the rose for me when it comes to upland bird hunting. It just isn’t the same when your favorite gun dog is no longer of this earth. But my memory still works, and the intense pleasure of breathing cool fall air against a color-coated autumn backdrop, while watching […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Even hunters find joy in birdwatching
For some reason, there is a popular misconception that anyone who hunts — say a grouse hunter who kills and eats a game bird — would not also be a bird watcher. Not necessarily so. Hunting and bird watching are not mutually exclusive. Take me, for example. Like most dedicated hunters, I hunt partly because I am […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Missing — The deer man
Make no mistake about it: When it comes to Maine’s most important wildlife game species, our whitetail deer are at the very top of the list. There are a number of reasons, not the least of which is the enormous impact that deer have on Maine’s overall economy, as well as the budget and income […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Maine coyotes aren't any more wolf than they've ever been
As former Maine deer biologist, Gerry Lavigne reported recently in the SAM News that there has been a flurry of media coverage — with stories on TV and in print — purporting that Maine’s Eastern coyote is getting larger and taking on more wolf-like characteristics. Is it true? Is our coyote, which started showing up […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Prepare now for hunting moose
Question: What’s more exciting than winning a million dollars in Power Ball? Answer: Winning a moose hunting permit in the Maine Moose Lottery. If you are one of the lucky 2,080 moose permit winners for 2017, a word to the wise: plan ahead for your fall hunt. I mean REALLY plan ahead. Because a Maine […]
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Outdoors in maine: Deer permits on the rise
For Maine deer hunters who plan ahead, the is the time of year to submit your applications for the annual drawing of any-deer (doe) permits. Statewide this year, the Department of Fish and Wildlife will issue about 66,000 any-deer permits. This is 20,000 more doe permits than were issued in 2016 — a 45 percent increase. […]